Maven & Gradle Tutorial

The job of a build tool Compiling a real Java project by hand is unmanageable: you must fetch dozens of dependency JARs (and their dependencies), compile in the right order, run ...

A minimal pom.xml Coordinates: GAV Every Maven project – and every dependency – is uniquely identified by three coordinates, universally abbreviated GAV : groupId – the ...

Declaring a dependency Add a library by its GAV coordinates. Maven downloads it – and everything it needs – automatically: The same dependency in Gradle is one line: Where ...

Maven's lifecycle Maven runs through an ordered sequence of phases . Running any phase runs every phase before it, so you only ever name the furthest point you want to reach: ...

Why multiple modules A large system is often split into modules – for example core , web and batch – that build together but stay separately compilable and reusable. A parent POM ...

Packaging a Spring Boot app Spring Boot’s build plugin repackages your JAR/WAR into an executable “fat jar” that contains your code, all dependencies and an embedded server – you ...